New Jersey voters will get to decide whether to hike the state’s minimum wage to $8.25 an hour under a measure approved Thursday. Democrats in both the Senate and Assembly have approved a state constitutional amendment to increase the minimum wage by a dollar and index it to inflation as a way of getting around a veto by Governor Christie. Voters will have to approve the amendment in November.

The Assembly also voted to restore cuts Thursday made by Christie in 2010 to the Earned Income Tax Credit, which provides money to low-income workers. It also extended a legislative committee’s subpoena power to continue an investigation into the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Christie’s jaunt to California this week — which featured a fundraiser at the Palo Alto house of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg — represents the first trip to attract out-of-state donors of his reelection campaign.

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Melissa Hayes, who has worked at The Record since 2010, covers Gov. Chris Christie and politics for the State House Bureau. Follow her on Twitter at @Record_Melissa. View all of her posts

Herb Jackson is the Washington correspondent for The Record, covering North Jersey issues on the Potomac, including the activities of the congressional delegation and federal policies that affect the region. Follow him on Twitter @Record_DC.View all of his posts.

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